View source for Batters' "Hits" First Appear in a Game Report

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|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.00594130000002
|Name=Batters' "Hits" First Appear in a Game Report
|Type of Date=Day
|Date=1867/06/06
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|Country=United States
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Modern Address=
|Description=<p><span>In the first issue of&nbsp;<span>The Ball Players&rsquo; Chronicle</span></span><span>, edited by Henry Chadwick, a game account of the &ldquo;Championship of New England&rdquo; between the Harvard College Club and the Lowell Club of Boston featured a box score that included a list of the number of &ldquo;Bases Made on Hits&rdquo; by each player</span><span>. This was the first instance of player&rsquo;s hit totals being tracked in a game.</span></p>
|Sources=<p><span><span>The Ball Players' Chronicle&nbsp;</span></span><span>(New York City, NY), 6 June 1867: p. 2.&nbsp;</span></p>
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|Submitted by=Colin Dew-Becker
|Submission Note=9/15/2014
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